Africa | Crown, Akan people. ca. 1940-70. Wood, fiber and gold leaf | This crown is patterned after a British royal crown and is ornamented with European elements such as the Maltese cross and the fleurs-de-lis, a flower design. The elephant standing on the lion may represent the idea that through independence in 1957, Ghana, symbolized by the elephant, had triumphed over the lion, a British heraldic symbol.
